General Skills Statistics

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 29 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£52,000	-0.95%	18,656 20.02%	6,390
Finance	3	Down -1 place-1	£67,500	-3.57%	12,189 13.08%	5,212
Inclusion and Diversity	24	Down -7 places-7	£55,000	-	5,179 5.56%	1,141
Analytical Skills	26	Down -18 places-18	£53,150	-3.36%	4,821 5.17%	2,496
Banking	31	Up 4 places+4	£85,000	+7.85%	4,216 4.52%	726
Marketing	35	Down -8 places-8	£47,500	-9.52%	4,080 4.38%	2,291
Public Sector	45	Up 43 places+43	£60,000	-	3,295 3.54%	1,309
Manufacturing	53	Down -31 places-31	£45,000	-7.21%	2,872 3.08%	1,110
Retail	55	Down -23 places-23	£54,633	+15.01%	2,823 3.03%	1,405
Law	73	Down -31 places-31	£60,000	+9.09%	2,382 2.56%	1,068
Legal	80	Down -15 places-15	£65,000	+8.33%	2,156 2.31%	1,212
Organisational Skills	101	Up 12 places+12	£38,000	-9.52%	1,730 1.86%	787
Telecoms	113	Up 28 places+28	£42,500	-	1,585 1.70%	636
Electronics	172	Down -108 places-108	£52,500	-8.69%	1,127 1.21%	427
Games	184	Up 22 places+22	£45,000	-5.26%	1,069 1.15%	461
Aerospace	210	Up 122 places+122	£55,000	+0.37%	942 1.01%	385
Influencing Skills	216	Up 14 places+14	£74,566	+16.50%	901 0.97%	468
Automotive	222	Up 114 places+114	£50,000	-0.10%	846 0.91%	350
Presentation Skills	233	Down -124 places-124	£57,500	-	780 0.84%	624
Advertising	275	Down -66 places-66	£47,000	-12.14%	655 0.70%	323
Pharmaceutical	301	Up 45 places+45	£60,000	+20.00%	580 0.62%	224
Local Government	304	Up 71 places+71	£55,000	+15.78%	575 0.62%	261
Back Office	369	Up 84 places+84	£55,000	-24.13%	440 0.47%	122
Documentation Skills	376	Up 46 places+46	£54,000	-1.81%	427 0.46%	176
Financial Institution	383	Down -146 places-146	£85,000	+2.40%	416 0.45%	234
Billing	401	Up 85 places+85	£42,500	-22.72%	390 0.42%	227
Military	420	Down -26 places-26	£42,500	-22.72%	362 0.39%	211
Multimedia	420	Up 175 places+175	£30,500	-15.27%	362 0.39%	472
Front Office	430	Down -240 places-240	£100,000	-13.04%	342 0.37%	89
Aviation	434	Up 82 places+82	£60,000	+17.64%	335 0.36%	105
French Language	456	Down -126 places-126	£45,000	-30.76%	304 0.33%	111
German Language	484	Down -172 places-172	£40,000	-44.82%	265 0.28%	138
Health Technology	521	Down -13 places-13	£60,000	-7.69%	223 0.24%	100
Publishing	556	Down -95 places-95	£50,000	-21.87%	181 0.19%	129
Investment Banking	568	Down -231 places-231	£95,000	-15.55%	169 0.18%	107
Social Housing	588	Up 24 places+24	£55,000	-8.33%	149 0.16%	51
Tech for Good	603	Down -94 places-94	£68,250	+6.64%	134 0.14%	20
Spanish Language	605	Up 8 places+8	£54,000	+20.00%	132 0.14%	58
Police	621	Down -91 places-91	£58,728	+13.39%	116 0.12%	41
Agriculture	633	Down -21 places-21	£43,500	-15.12%	104 0.11%	41
Digital Healthcare	645	Down -9 places-9	£60,000	-7.69%	92 0.099%	26
Digital Health	648	Down -17 places-17	£55,000	-12.00%	89 0.096%	48
Portuguese Language	653	Down -17 places-17	£60,000	+106.89%	84 0.090%	20
Dutch Language	655	Down -227 places-227	£35,000	+1.33%	82 0.088%	22
General Ledger	661	Down -62 places-62	£78,250	+8.69%	76 0.082%	33
Brand Awareness	662	Down -65 places-65	£55,000	+46.66%	75 0.081%	50
Fire and Rescue	664	Down -46 places-46	£55,000	+36.82%	73 0.078%	25
Retail Banking	667	Down -117 places-117	£85,000	+5.53%	70 0.075%	18
Italian Language	670	Down -49 places-49	£56,200	-22.48%	67 0.072%	43
Mandarin Language	672	Down -61 places-61	£47,500	-17.39%	65 0.070%	29